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package com.googlecode.jsendnsca;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by {@link PassiveCheckSender}'s
 * 
 * @author Raj.Patel
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface PassiveCheckSender {
    /**
     * Send Passive Check
     * 
     * @param payload
     *            the Passive Check message payload
     * @throws NagiosException
     *             thrown if an error occurs while sending the passive check
     * @throws IOException
     *             thrown if I/O error occurs while trying to establish
     *             connection with nagios host
     */
    void send(MessagePayload payload) throws NagiosException, IOException;
}
